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MinnPost by Andy Steiner: “When I started to speak up about addiction I realized that I’m telling the addiction, ‘I’m fighting you for the sake of my son,’ ” Swenson said. Speaking up is noisy, she said, but that’s part of the deal. “We can’t fight addiction, we can’t break down stereotypes, if we’re quiet. The world is not going to believe addiction is a disease if we moms treat it like it is a disgrace.”

WCCO/CBS Mid Morning Show: Kylie Bearse and Jason DeRusha talk with author Sandy Swenson, who wrote about her experiences in the critically-acclaimed book “The Joey Song: A Mother’s Story of Her Son’s Addiction” (3:49). WCCO This Morning – February 23, 2018

Fox 7 News—Austin: Using Narcan To Stop Overdose.“‘I think pretty much everybody knows somebody close who’s got addiction issues,’ said Sandra Swenson, a Georgetown author whose family was rocked by the disease.”